Short Touches of Stedman Triples

By Chris Rusby


Inspired by the compositions of Stedman Triples by David Leach, I have produced the following short touches with the aid of a spreadsheet which others are welcome to download for their own use. The musical qualities of the touches are noted, including the following musical rows:

Queens 1357246
Tittums 1526374
Kings 7531246
Whittingtons 1275346
Reverse Rounds   7654321

Stedman Triples Touches

Length Calling Music  
65: BPPBBPPSPBB T 6x47s, 12x67s
72: SPPPPPPBSBBP Q 15x46s, 6x67s
120: PBPPBPPBBPBBPBSPBBSP QTK 21x46s, 9x47s, 6x67s
132: SPBPSPSPPPBPSPPBSPBSBP QKR 15x46s, 6x47s, 6x67s
142: PBBPPSPBPBSPSPPBPPBPPBBS QTKW 12x46s, 6x47s, 11x67s
144: BPPPPPPBBBSPBPPPPPPBBBSP QT 15x46s, 15x47s, 12x67s
154: BBPPSPPSBSPBSBPPPSPPSPBPPB QTKR 12x46s, 12x47s, 11x67s
192: BPPBSBBPPPBBPBSBPBPPPPPBPSBPBSBP QTKWR 27x46s, 12x47s, 6x67s
192: BPBBBPSPPPPBPPSPPBPPPPPBPSBPBSBP QTKWR 21x46s, 3x47s, 12x67s
233: BPBBBPSPPPPBPPSPPBPPPPPBPSBPPPPBSPBPBSP QTKWR 12x46s, 6x47s, 12x67s

Spreadsheets for Stedman Composers

As an aid to producing these 10 compositions, I created a spreadsheet but must credit Quentin Jackson with the conditional formatting and music tallying functionality. The following spreadsheets are available for download:

Stedman Triples - touches Spreadsheet containing tabs for each of the above compositions.
Stedman Composition Aid Spreadsheet containing tabs for Triples, Caters and Cinques for your own compositions. To use:
  • Enter B or S in column A.
    NB these should be at the start of a six (where the calls affect the place notation), not where the call would be made when ringing.
  • To extend for a longer touch, select the entirety of the last populated row (e.g. cells A to S for Cinques) and fill down as necessary. If you don’t do this, the hidden formulae (particularly column B) will not be updated correctly.
  • Non-unique rows are highlighted in yellow (may not work with some software).


August 2015


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